The Broward Sheriff’s Office Missing Persons Unit says a missing 69-year-old woman, Maria Alves, has been safely located and reunited with her family.

A missing persons alert was issued for Alves earlier on Thursday, March 13, after she was last seen around 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday, March 12, in the 4900 block of Northeast Second Terrace in Deerfield Beach.